Australian telco Optus is reviewing privacy breach allegations the Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) made and will respond "in due course," a spokesperson emailed us Friday.
The New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner Wednesday issued a biometric processing privacy code that attempts to balance responsible use of biometrics but also restricts intrusive forms of biometric technologies, such as those used to predict people's emotions to infer information like ethnicity or sex.
Asian AI developers looking to do business in the U.S., EU or U.K. face several key compliance challenges, Finnegan lawyers said Wednesday at the law firm's webinar.
Australia on Wednesday added YouTube to the list of social media companies barred from allowing children younger than 16 on their services. The restrictions take effect Dec. 10.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will focus on sectors and technologies that compromise rights and create power and information imbalances, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd said Tuesday as the OAIC released its 2025-2026 agenda.
New Zealanders need to up their game with passwords, Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said Wednesday.
Strengthening privacy protections in the face of new technologies should be the key focus of South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), according to respondents in a national awareness survey on privacy policy, the watchdog said Wednesday.
The Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission will introduce tools meant to help businesses protect data and deploy AI in a trusted ecosystem, it announced Monday.
A cyber incident at a Qantas contact center affected customer data, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) reported Wednesday.
Former Facebook users whose personal data was collected as part of the Cambridge Analytica matter some 10 years ago may now register for restitution under an AU$50 million payment ($33 million based on today's exchange rates) program Meta agreed to with the Australian Office of the Information Commissioner (OAIC), the office announced Thursday.